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Jörg Haider - Creation of a new party: Encyclopedia II - Jörg Haider - Creation of a new party

In consequence of this, the party, whose chairman was Haider's sister, Ursula Haubner, was ridden by internal strife. On April 4, 2005, Haider, Haubner, Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach and other leading figures of the FPÖ announced the creation of a new party called Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich — BZÖ) with Haider as leader. Effectively, this resulted in a split of the FPÖ in two parties. In the following months the BZÖ tried to establish themselves within the Austrian political landscape ...

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Jörg Haider: Encyclopedia II - Jörg Haider - Creation of a new party

Jörg Haider - Creation of a new party

In consequence of this, the party, whose chairman was Haider's sister, Ursula Haubner, was ridden by internal strife. On April 4, 2005, Haider, Haubner, Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach and other leading figures of the FPÖ announced the creation of a new party called Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich — BZÖ) with Haider as leader. Effectively, this resulted in a split of the FPÖ in two parties.

In the following months the BZÖ tried to establish themselves within the Austrian political landscape, with little success. As their profile seems unclear, especially because Haider and his new party remain in the coalition with the People's party and the FPÖ, a fierce fight between the FPÖ and BZÖ broke out after the split-up over their joined pool of voters. Subsequent polls showed that Haider's old party and his new one are both struggling in voter approval and currently only about 4% of the eligible voters would give their support to each party - in light of the 4% threshold to get into parliament in the national elections, these polls reflect that FPÖ and BZÖ are practically fighting to survive.